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I get stubborn and dig in when people tell me I can't do something and I think I can. It goes back to my childhood when I had problems in school because I have a learning disability.

Ann Bancroft

I get stubborn and dig in when people tell me I can't do something and I think I can. It goes back to my childhood when I had problems in school because I have a learning disability.

Tags: learning, school, childhood

A life lesson for me is, how do you muster the courage to take on a new risk? Whether it's starting up a business or taking on a new project or expedition. I think the risks that we take are all relat...

Ann Bancroft

A life lesson for me is, how do you muster the courage to take on a new risk? Whether it's starting up a business or taking on a new project or expedition. I think the risks that we take are all relat...

Tags: courage, life, me

About Author
Ann Bancroft (born September 29, 1955) is an American author, teacher, adventurer, and public speaker. She was the first woman to finish a number of expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic. She was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1995.

This journey is not over. Our education initiatives have so much momentum, and we're committed to sharing even more stories from the Arctic when we return.

Ann Bancroft

This journey is not over. Our education initiatives have so much momentum, and we're committed to sharing even more stories from the Arctic when we return.

Tags: education

I had no doubts I could go to the pole. I may not be as strong, but I make up for physical strength in other areas, like steadiness and not panicking under stress.

Ann Bancroft

I had no doubts I could go to the pole. I may not be as strong, but I make up for physical strength in other areas, like steadiness and not panicking under stress.

Tags: strength

I wanted to be a teacher, but I was a lousy student, one of the slowest readers. It was a tremendous struggle. But I'm lucky I had some teachers who saw something in me.

Ann Bancroft

I wanted to be a teacher, but I was a lousy student, one of the slowest readers. It was a tremendous struggle. But I'm lucky I had some teachers who saw something in me.

Tags: teacher, struggle, me, student

It's really important that as women we tell our stories. That is what helps seed our imaginations.

Ann Bancroft

It's really important that as women we tell our stories. That is what helps seed our imaginations.

Tags: helping, people

I'm lucky I had some teachers who saw something in me.

Ann Bancroft

I'm lucky I had some teachers who saw something in me.

Tags: me, lucky, teachers

I do not think about being beautiful. What I devote most of my time to is being healthy.

Ann Bancroft

I do not think about being beautiful. What I devote most of my time to is being healthy.

Tags: time, beautiful, healthy

The best way to get most husbands to do something is to suggest that perhaps they're too old to do it.

Ann Bancroft

The best way to get most husbands to do something is to suggest that perhaps they're too old to do it.

Tags: best, way, old

Getting through high school and college was one of my greatest achievements.

Ann Bancroft

Getting through high school and college was one of my greatest achievements.

Tags: school, college, greatest